You could also copy to a different name on the same disk, and when the copying
has been finished just 'move' (mv) the file to the filename the other
application expects. E.g. QMail works this way, writing incoming mails in
folders.
Met vriendelijke groet,
Wilbert Berendsen
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http://www.wilbe
Michiel Overtoom wrote:
Ethan wrote:
One more option may be to attempt to rename
the file -- if it's still open for copying, that will fail;
success indicates the copy is done.
Caveat -- this is dependent on the operating system!
Windows will indeed not allow you to rename or delete a fil
Ethan wrote:
> One more option may be to attempt to rename
> the file -- if it's still open for copying, that will fail;
> success indicates the copy is done.
Caveat -- this is dependent on the operating system!
Windows will indeed not allow you to rename or delete a file that's still
open f
Sean DiZazzo wrote:
On Jul 9, 5:34 pm, keith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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Ethan Furman wrote:
writeson wrote:
Guys,
Thanks for your replies, they are helpful. I should have included in
my initial question that I don't have as much control ov
Sean DiZazzo wrote:
On Jul 9, 5:34 pm, keith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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Ethan Furman wrote:
writeson wrote:
Guys,
Thanks for your replies, they are helpful. I should have included in
my initial question that I don't have as much control over the
On Jul 9, 5:34 pm, keith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Ethan Furman wrote:
> > writeson wrote:
> >> Guys,
>
> >> Thanks for your replies, they are helpful. I should have included in
> >> my initial question that I don't have as much control ove
On 10Jul2008 13:20, Manuel Vazquez Acosta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| Cameron Simpson wrote:
| > On 09Jul2008 15:54, Ethan Furman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| >> The solution my team has used is to monitor the file size. If the file
| >> has stopped growing for x amount of time (we use 45 secon
Cameron Simpson wrote:
> On 09Jul2008 15:54, Ethan Furman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> The solution my team has used is to monitor the file size. If the file
>> has stopped growing for x amount of time (we use 45 seconds) the file is
>> done copying. Not elegant, but it works.
>
> If you kn
On 09Jul2008 15:54, Ethan Furman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The solution my team has used is to monitor the file size. If the file
> has stopped growing for x amount of time (we use 45 seconds) the file is
> done copying. Not elegant, but it works.
If you know that files appear in sequence
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Ethan Furman wrote:
writeson wrote:
Guys,
Thanks for your replies, they are helpful. I should have included in
my initial question that I don't have as much control over the program
that writes (pgm-W) as I'd like. Otherwise, the writ
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Ethan Furman wrote:
> writeson wrote:
>> Guys,
>>
>> Thanks for your replies, they are helpful. I should have included in
>> my initial question that I don't have as much control over the program
>> that writes (pgm-W) as I'd like. Otherwise, the write
writeson wrote:
Guys,
Thanks for your replies, they are helpful. I should have included in
my initial question that I don't have as much control over the program
that writes (pgm-W) as I'd like. Otherwise, the write to a different
filename and then rename solution would work great. There's no wa
> Thanks for your replies, they are helpful. I should have included in
> my initial question that I don't have as much control over the program
> that writes (pgm-W) as I'd like. Otherwise, the write to a different
> filename and then rename solution would work great. There's no way to
> tell from
writeson wrote:
Guys,
Thanks for your replies, they are helpful. I should have included in
my initial question that I don't have as much control over the program
that writes (pgm-W) as I'd like. Otherwise, the write to a different
filename and then rename solution would work great. There's no wa
Guys,
Thanks for your replies, they are helpful. I should have included in
my initial question that I don't have as much control over the program
that writes (pgm-W) as I'd like. Otherwise, the write to a different
filename and then rename solution would work great. There's no way to
tell from the
Also available:
pgm-W copies/creates-fills whatever B/dummy
when done, pgm-W renames B/dummy to B/F
pgm-D only scouts for B/F and does it thing when found
Steve
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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This seems a synchronization pro
writeson wrote:
Hi all,
I'm writing some code that monitors a directory for the appearance of
files from a workflow. When those files appear I write a command file
to a device that tells the device how to process the file. The
appearance of the command file triggers the device to grab the
origin
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This seems a synchronization problem. A scenario description could clear
things up so we can help:
Program W (The workflow) copies file F to directory B
Program D (the dog) polls directory B to find is there's any new file F
In this scenario, program
Hi all,
I'm writing some code that monitors a directory for the appearance of
files from a workflow. When those files appear I write a command file
to a device that tells the device how to process the file. The
appearance of the command file triggers the device to grab the
original file. My proble
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